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Mar

The Host Shirts Now Available!

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The Host

It’s hard to believe with all that has happened in the last year that it’s only been about a year since the release of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host.  It seems like it’s been much longer than that, but it’s true.  Just 12 short months ago, we were introduced to Jared and Mel and Ian and, of course, Wanda.  And it seems like its’ been forever that we’ve been working on our own shirt designs to show off our support for that wonderful story, but we have them finally.  Our new The Host shirts are now available for immediate delivery and they are, in my humble opinion, awesome.  I can’t wait to get my own.

The first design I’d like to point out is the one we call simply Renegade Human.  It is a simple silouhette of Picacho Peak in Arizona, the setting of the book.  A beautiful Arizona sunset adds some color to this piece, and the text Renegade Human appears underneath in white ink.  Currently this shirt is availble in black, but if there’s a demand we can make it available in other colors as well.

Renegade Human

 Our second offering in The Host series is from our favorite paternal figure in the family – Jeb.  His mantra was pretty straight forward.  This is his house, and therefore he makes the rules.  You don’t like it?  You don’t have to stay.  The funny part about that was that really, for the charactes in the story, the alternative to leaving wasn’t all that great.  I think this shirt will resonate with many parents, especially those who have teenagers.  I’m looking forward to wearing mine.

My House...My Rules

Personally, as fun as the graphics on the front of the shirts are, I’m particulary pleased with how the backs of these shirts came out.  The backs show off a Soul (Wanderer?) with its tendrils extended.  This graphic took some doing to get just right.  We knew that if we messed it up, Stephenie’s fans would most certainly let us know.  The Souls in The Host are not merely beautiful, but they shimmer as well.  And so does the graphic on the back of these shirts.  We have worked with our printer to deterine the perfect shimmering ink to use with these shirts, and let me tell you they look AWESOME!  The pictures here do NOT do them justice!

The Host Shirt Back

I’m so pleased that we can finally offer these shirts to you.  We do have others in the works, but I have no timeline as to when those will be available.  For now, we hope that you will like what we have and will consider purchasing them to add to your growing Stephenie Meyer collection.

In Other News…

We’re working dilligently to finalize several new designs that we want to make available.  I can’t post any of the images here, but here’s a brief look at what we’re offering in the very near future.

First up – and I’ve been touting this for some time – is our Dave Barry line of shirts.  We have four approved designs set for manufacturing, and all show off various aspects of Dave’s work.  Quotes include "Camping is nature’s way of promoting the hotel industry" and "There’s a fine line between a hobby and a mental illness."  Dave is also famous for suggesting great names for rock bands.  Some of his suggestions include "Combat Alfalfa", "Mosquito Hunters and the Unreliable Pollinators", and who could forget "Heave".  If none of these strike you as funny, then I highly recommend making an appointment with your doctor to have your sense of humor checked.  We have a design for a shirt which will highlight these names and many more, soon to be released exclusively from Twilight Teez.

If you’re not familiar with Dave’s work, and if you’re in need to laugh so hard you spew your Coke on your computer monitor, I highly recommend visiting his site and reading some of his past articles.  Click here to read some of his best work.

We are also on track to launch a new line of t-shirts that feature our own designs created by our in-house design staff.  These shirts will range in topic from humor to fantasy to sci-fi to poignant to cute.  Let it be known now that they are NOT Twilight related.  Our inspirations come in all forms, including one from my 3-year-old daughter.  You can expect these new designs to start cropping up in our catalog in the very near future.

On a final note, we’re gearing up for AccioCon, which will be going on at the end of this week.  We hope to see you out there.  We’re very excited about the opportunities this con will offer us.  We are also going to have a presence at several other conventions throughout the year, including Summer School In Forks and Twicon.  There’s so much to do and so little time.

-Brian

Comments

Comments (8) - “The Host Shirts Now Available!”

  1. Haley said this on 30.03.2009 at 6:56 pm  

    This all sounds great, but i’m starting to miss the all the new twilight stuff. i know the series is over, but i havent found new twilight stuff anywhere. :(

  2. Brian said this on 31.03.2009 at 1:11 am  

    Haley – I understand what you are saying. Unfortunately our hands are tied for now. With the movie rights having been sold, merchandising rights were also sold and we are basically stuck with what we have. If we don’t branch out, Twilight Teez will eventually die. We hope that maybe some of the restrictions can be lifted sometime in the future, and it will be a happy day for us if that happens (we have some really cool ideas if that day comes).

  3. Hanna L. (Pattinson/Cullen) said this on 31.03.2009 at 12:34 pm  

    I love the shirts! (I’ve missed the posts) I like the “My house, my rules” on..except that’s probably one the school would not approve of…but I still love it!!

  4. Hannah M. said this on 12.04.2009 at 6:49 am  

    SWEET!

  5. Arielle said this on 14.04.2009 at 4:56 pm  

    Ooh…the shirts are awesome. I wish there was a shirt that just had the soul and logo on the front. I would totally buy one. The soul you guys created for the shirts is absolutely perfect!

    Anyway, I can’t wait to see the Dave Barry shirts. I used to love reading his weekly columns in my local Sunday paper.

  6. Edward Phan 823 said this on 01.05.2009 at 12:56 pm  

    the series is not over yet! Stephanie Meyers said that she is still working on Midnight Sun!

    just thought i would let you know!

  7. em said this on 09.05.2009 at 3:55 am  

    i agree, i totally want a shirt with just the host logo thing on the back. that looks awesome.

    maybe with the word wanderer on the front.

    :)

  8. Elizabeth said this on 10.07.2009 at 10:27 am  

    I think it would be nice if there was one that had one of Wanda’s soul names on the front. Like “Lives in the Stars” and then the host logo on the back…

    Just a thought

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